10 Vehicle Mount Cradle
MX6 Cradle Reference Guide E-EQ-MX6DKRG-D-ARC
Battery Charging in the Vehicle Cradle
The cradle must be connected to a power source before MX6 battery charging can begin.
The MX6 automatically powers on when inserted into a powered cradle. If the screen remains
blank, verify the MX6 is firmly seated in the charging pocket and the external power connection is
active. If the screen is still blank, perform an MX6 soft reset.
The DOCK LED illuminates green when the MX6 is properly seated in the cradle. The cradle
automatically begins charging the main battery in the MX6 when the DOCK LED illuminates.
The power available to charge the batteries in a powered cradle is shared between the MX6 and a
spare battery pack (if installed). Charging priority is given to the Main Battery in the MX6.
If the Main Battery is fully depleted, the powered vehicle cradle charges the MX6 main battery in
approximately 4 hours.
Tethered Scanners and the Vehicle Cradle
Tethered scanners connect to the MX6 communication port or to the communication port on an
MX6 vehicle cradle. The MX6 Scan buttons have no effect on tethered barcode scanners
(connected to a serial port). Tethered scanners read barcode scans only when the trigger on the
tethered scanner is pressed.
An adapter cable is required to attach a tethered scanner directly to the MX6
(MX6A056CBL3IND17D9M) or to the MX6 vehicle cradle (MX6A057CBL3IND9MD9M). See
“Accessories”.
When using the 8500 series tethered scanners (LS3408), the tethered scanner Power Mode must
be set to “Reduced Power Mode”. The default is “Continuous On”. Setting the scanner to reduced
power mode will not impact performance of the 8500 series tethered scanners. Refer to the
tethered scanner manufacturers user guide for instruction.
MX6 Setup
To set the MX6 to use a tethered scanner, select Start | Settings | System | Scanner | COM1.
Click the "Tethered scanner on COM 1" to enable the tethered scanner. Scanner data can be
configured for data rate, parity, stop bits and data bits using the COM1 tab.
Perform a warm boot after enabling the tethered scanner to power it on.
